Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Jonestown (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Jonestown. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Jonestown is located in Caroline County.
To see how the shape of Maryland's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Caroline County: Kent (DE), Sussex (DE), Dorchester, Queen Anne's & Talbot.
Below are the counties that are near Jonestown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jonestown:
- Caroline County (The home county of Jonestown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jonestown, with the one closest to Jonestown listed first.
- Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Grove is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Preston
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hynson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hynson is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynson
- Bethlehem
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bethlehem is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Tanyard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Tanyard is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanyard
- Federalsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Tuckahoe Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Tuckahoe Springs is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe Springs
- Griffin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Griffin is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Denton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hickman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hickman is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Oil City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Oil City is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Hillsboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hillsboro is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Dorchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jonestown, with the one closest to Jonestown listed first.
- Waddells Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Waddells Corner is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waddells Corner
- Williamsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Williamsburg is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Hurlock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Secretary
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Marshyhope Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Marshyhope Village is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshyhope Village
- East New Market
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Finchville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Finchville is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
- Rhodesdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Brookview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brookview is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Eldorado
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eldorado is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Reliance
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Reliance is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Linkwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Linkwood is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkwood
- Kent County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jonestown, with the one closest to Jonestown listed first.
- Old Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Old Town is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Cliffs City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cliffs City is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffs City
- Queen Anne's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jonestown, with the one closest to Jonestown listed first.
- Queen Anne
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Willoughby
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Willoughby is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willoughby
- Ruthsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Ruthsburg is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthsburg
- Bloomingdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomingdale is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Guys
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Guys is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
- Queenstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Queenstown is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 701 people
- Roe
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Roe is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
- Centreville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Grasonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Kent Narrows
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kent Narrows is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Narrows
- Ingleside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ingleside is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Price
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Price is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Talbot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jonestown, with the one closest to Jonestown listed first.
- Talbot Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Talbot Village is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talbot Village
- Woodland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Trappe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Easton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Tappers Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Tappers Corner is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappers Corner
- Cordova
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Kirkham is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkham
- Skipton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Skipton is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipton
- Newcomb
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Newcomb is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcomb
- Oxford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Royal Oak
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Leeds Landing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Leeds Landing is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Landing
- Wicomico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jonestown, with the one closest to Jonestown listed first.
- Sharptown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sharptown is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharptown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 664 people
- Mardela Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mardela Springs is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mardela Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Hebron
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Quantico
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Delmar
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Hurst Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Hurst Village is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hurst Village
- Rockawalking Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rockawalking Village is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockawalking Village
- Centennial Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Centennial Village is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial Village
- Tyaskin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bivalve
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Capitola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Capitola is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitola
- Dogwood Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dogwood Village is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Village
- Kent County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jonestown, with the one closest to Jonestown listed first.
- Hickman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hickman is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Adamsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Adamsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Andrewsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Andrewsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrewsville
- Brownsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brownsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Vernon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Vernon is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Whiteleysburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Farmington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Harrington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sandtown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sandtown is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown
- Williamsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Williamsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
- Houston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Felton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sussex County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jonestown, with the one closest to Jonestown listed first.
- Reliance
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Reliance is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Scotts Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Scotts Corner is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corner
- Briar Hook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Briar Hook is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Hook
- Heritage Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Heritage Village is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Bridgeville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ross
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ross is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Seaford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Blades
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Blades is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blades
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,498 people
- Greenwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bethel
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Banning ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Banning is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning
- Laurel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jonestown, see our County-by-County Page for Jonestown.
Cemeteries Near Jonestown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jonestown.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Jonestown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jonestown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jonestown, with the one closest to Jonestown listed first.
- Coppins Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bethesda Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Preston Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Johns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Friendship Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Maryland Veterans Cemetery - Eastern Shore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Smithson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Skinners Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (200 more) ...
- Windy Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Washington Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Washington Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located between<3> the communities of Hurlock and Waddells Corner. The cemetery lies less than 2 miles<4> to the east of Waddells Corner.
- The Washington Cemetery has also been known as:
- Unity Washington Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #81749 <2>
- Solomon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<5>
While we didn't find Jonestown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jonestown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jonestown, with the one closest to Jonestown listed first.
- Preston
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Linchester
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Linchester is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linchester
- Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Grove is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Hynson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hynson is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynson
- Beulah
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Beulah is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Bethlehem
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bethlehem is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Choptank
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Choptank is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choptank
- Nichols
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Nichols is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- American Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- American Corner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American Corner
- Williamsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Williamsburg is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Agner
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Agner is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agner
- Hurlock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Federalsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Matthews
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Matthews is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthews
- Concord
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Concord is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jonestown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jonestown.
Newspapers Published in Jonestown ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jonestown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jonestown, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jonestown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Jonestown:
- Websites specific to Maryland
- Pages specific to Caroline County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dorchester County
- Kent County
- Queen Anne's County
- Talbot County
- Wicomico County
- Kent County
- Sussex County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Maryland
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Hurlock and Waddells Corner. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Jonestown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Jonestown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |